Expert: Bea Harrell - 11/8/2008

Question
I'm new at crochet and usually work off of patterns. I thought I would be brave and make a baby afghan using 2 strands of yarn using double crochet stitch.  I'm at a loss as to how to add the edging.  Any advice would be appreciated.  Thank you!

Answer
Hey, Carmen: You'll need to use just one strand of yarn to do the edging, otherwise it will be too bulky. Locate the corners, and attach your yarn at a corner stitch, and working down the long side put a dc in the corner st, (ch2, dc in the next st). Repeat this all the way to the next corner. In the corner st, do a (dc, ch2, dc, ch2, dc, ch 2)This will get you around the corner, now repeat the other instructions above,down this side to the next corner stitch, and repeat the corner st instructions. Repeat for the other 2 sides, and when you get to the first corner, work it just as you did for the other corners,except that you'll already have a dc in that first corner, so you'll just do ch 2, and attach it to that dc, and break off (you'll have 3 dc in each corner).  Hope this helps you!

Best Wishes,  Bea